Is AI the next Dumbwaiter?
The demand for AI's unbridled growth is reactionary — a way of doubling down on the same old colonizing way of doing things. It doesn't have to be.
Builder.ai did not “fake AI with 700 engineers”
The claim that the AI startup “faked AI” with hundreds of engineers went viral – and I also fell for it, initially. The reality is much more sobering: Builder.ai built a code generator on top of Claude and other LLMs; it did not build a so-called “Mechanical Turk.”
Is AI the next Dumbwaiter? — Douglas Rushkoff
The demand for AI's unbridled growth is reactionary — a way of doubling down on the same old colonizing way of doing things. It doesn't have to be.
Ecology is not yet ready for AI—and why that matters
Ecology is not yet ready for AI—and why that matters
A tale of two Agent Builders
What two competing solutions to the same design problem tell about the future of designing AI interfaces.
Building a Solidarity Ecosystem for AI (SSIR)
How cooperatives, public institutions, and social movements can come together to intentionally build a practical, community-owned alternative to extractive AI systems. <meta property=
The argument against AI agents and unnecessary automation
Opinion: OpenAI's Operator a solution in search of a problem
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